The utilitarian but impeccably clean and well-managed Osaka Municipal Nagai Youth Hostel is rather far from the city centre and primarily used by school groups – but it works in a pinch. It's a 10-minute walk from the subway, at the back of a stadium. Curfew 11pm.
Osaka Municipal Nagai Youth Hostel
Osaka
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